The protest followed a September 18 illegal search of the residence of Harshada, a 26-year-old student and volunteer with the group. e incident, which took place on September 18 and continued into the early hours of September 19, followed a September 15 kite-flying event organised in solidarity with children in Gaza. The event formed part of the Global Gaza Kite Weekend, an international campaign in which participants flew kites to draw attention to the situation of Palestinian children.

According to Mid-Day, Harshada alleged that five members of the group who were at her residence during the search were prevented from leaving while the police operation was underway. The incident has prompted concerns among members of the solidarity group about the treatment of young activists involved in Palestine-related advocacy.

At the Azad Maidan protest, activists demanded an end to what they described as harassment linked to the kite-flying programme and other solidarity activities. Chayanika Shah of Mumbai 4 Peace also joined the protest against the alleged harassment of young women activists by the Mumbai Police.

The protesters maintained that their activities were intended to express solidarity with Palestinian children and called for activists to be allowed to undertake such peaceful forms of expression without intimidation.

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The demands were raised at a press conference held at the Guwahati Press Club on September 25, following the Nagarik Abhibartan (Citizens’ Convention) organised on September 20 at Lakshiram Baruah Sadan, Guwahati. The press conference was addressed by Harkumar Goswami, Dr. Ghanashyam Nath, Prof. Taizuddin Ahmed and Manoram Gogoi on behalf of the convention convenors.

At the September 20 convention, the Forum had opposed the implementation of SIR in Assam and called for the completion of the pending National Register of Citizens (NRC). The convention had taken the position that the 2014 voter list should be treated as the base or “freeze” for completing the NRC.

The concerns raised at the convention have assumed renewed significance following an investigation published by The Indian Express on September 23, which reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had formally recorded objections at least 14 times over ten months to decisions and orders issued in the name of the Election Commission. The objections reportedly concerned matters including voter registration and deletion, changes to Form 6 and the management and centralisation of the electoral database. The investigation also reported that the two Commissioners had described certain changes as “unauthorised” and “illegal”.

The Election Commission, however, has maintained that decisions relating to SIR and other matters were taken with the approval of all three Election Commissioners and described the reported differences as part of the institutional deliberative process.

Against this backdrop, the Forum has said that the contents of the objections recorded by the two Election Commissioners, the action taken on them and the way the issues were resolved must be made public. “This is not a question of any individual or any political party. This is a question of every citizen’s right to vote and the credibility of Indian democracy,” the Forum said.

The organisation placed four demands before the authorities:

• Scrap the SIR process and restore genuine voters’ names: The entire SIR process must be scrapped and all genuine voters whose names have been deleted because of the exercise must be restored to the electoral rolls.

• Stop the process of disenfranchisement and guarantee an effective right of appeal: No voter should be deleted from the electoral roll without a transparent, fair and effective opportunity to challenge the proposed deletion. The Forum has demanded that no election be conducted based on a process that, in its view, risks excluding eligible voters from the electoral rolls.

• Ensure transparency and accountability within the Election Commission: The Forum has called for complete transparency in the Election Commission’s internal decision-making process. It has demanded independent audits and scrutiny wherever there are large-scale deletions of voter names, along with individual and institutional accountability wherever the rights of genuine voters are infringed.

The Forum has also demanded the removal of the Chief Election Commissioner through due process if he does not resign voluntarily, citing what it describes as concerns over the credibility of the Commission arising from the SIR process and allegations of voter exclusion.

• Restructure the Election Commission to strengthen its independence and transparency: The Forum has demanded restructuring of the Election Commission to make it a more independent, transparent and democratic institution. It has called for the Chief Justice of India to be included in the body responsible for selecting Election Commissioners, arguing that the selection process should not rest solely with holders of political office such as the Prime Minister.

The Forum has further proposed that, after a selection body identifies credible candidates, Election Commissioners should ultimately be elected by the general electorate to strengthen their democratic legitimacy and public confidence.

The Forum said the right to vote cannot be reduced to the presence of a citizen’s name on an electoral roll. It described voting as a fundamental means through which citizens participate in the democratic process and said that ensuring that eligible citizens are not deprived of this right in the name of electoral-roll revision is a constitutional responsibility of the Election Commission and the State.

‘What we said on September 20 was proved by the Indian Express on September 23’

Speaking at the press conference, Harkumar Goswami linked the Forum’s concerns over SIR to the issues discussed at the September 20 Nagarik Abhibartan. “What we said at the Nagarik Abhibartan on 20th September was proved by the Indian Express on 23rd September!” Goswami said.

He said the statewide citizens’ convention had been organised in Guwahati at the call of 150 distinguished citizens of Assam and in cooperation with the Forum for Social Harmony, with discussions covering land, eviction, destruction of nature, workers’ rights, economic inequality and citizenship.

Goswami said the convention had adopted two significant resolutions: that the incomplete NRC in Assam should be completed using the 2014 voter list as the base or “freeze”, and that the SIR process being undertaken across the country should be strongly opposed. “Our apprehension and opposition on the 20th [of September] was exposed before the entire country by the front-page news of the Indian Express on 23rd September. Today, the whole of India has understood how dangerous SIR is,” he said.

Prof. Taizuddin Ahmed said the concerns surrounding citizenship verification in Assam could not be viewed in isolation from the proposed nationwide electoral-roll revision. “Atrocities have been going on in Assam for many years in the name of citizenship. We know this very well because we are from Assam. Now, there is a conspiracy to do the same thing across India through SIR. Therefore, the time has come for the democratic people of the entire country to resist it in a democratic and peaceful manner,” he said.

Dr. Ghanashyam Nath said the Forum would continue to press for the four demands. “Our four-point demand must be met; otherwise, we will consider our next course of action,” he said.

The Forum has appealed to democratic citizens, social organisations and concerned groups in Assam and across the country to strengthen the demand for protection of voting rights and electoral democracy through a peaceful and democratic citizens’ movement.

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Assam FT deems Assam NRC to be final NRC

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The press conference brought together Justice Marlapalle, senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal, senior advocate C.U. Singh, advocate Prashant Bhushan, senior advocate Sanjay Hegde, Syeda Hamid, Teesta Setalvad, Yogendra Yadav, Nikhil Dey and others. Former Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi and former Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung were also to attend.

Their eight-point charter went beyond a demand to halt SIR. It sought restoration of voters removed from the rolls, a return to the pre-SIR electoral rolls for forthcoming elections, public verification of deletions, access to the ECI’s internal records, institutional reform and an independent examination of alleged wrongdoing.

At the heart of the demands was a simple proposition: a citizen already on the electoral roll should not lose the right to vote through an opaque administrative process and then be left to prove that the deletion was wrong.

प्रेस कॉन्फ़्रेंस शुरू होने जा रहा है. pic.twitter.com/rVkbZyJlWV

— Anzar Afaque (@AnzarAfaque) September 28, 2026

ज्ञानेश कुमार को जाना पड़ेगा, लोकतंत्र के साथ बहुत खिलवाड़ हो गया ।
प्रेस कॉन्फ़्रेंस में बोले सुप्रीम कोर्ट के वकील @pbhushan1 pic.twitter.com/4nfP48Xs3D

— Anzar Afaque (@AnzarAfaque) September 28, 2026

ज्ञानेश कुमार और SIR पर प्रेस कॉन्फ़्रेंस के लिए प्रेस क्लब पहुंचे सुप्रीम कोर्ट के वकील कपिल सिब्बल, पूर्व चुनाव आयुक्त SY क़ुरैशी, दिल्ली के पूर्व एलजी नजीब जंग pic.twitter.com/yE057pVGCa

— Anzar Afaque (@AnzarAfaque) September 28, 2026

From Bihar to Bengal: SIR has become a national electoral controversy

The SIR began in Bihar and was subsequently extended to other States. In May 2026, the Supreme Court upheld the ECI’s power to conduct the Bihar SIR under Article 324 of the Constitution read with Section 21(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950. The Court held that the exercise had a legitimate connection with maintaining accurate and legally valid electoral rolls. That judgment, however, has not ended the disputes over how SIR is being implemented.

The scale of the exercise has itself become a major point of concern. An investigation published by The Indian Express reported that the national rollout of SIR had struck more than 13 crore names from draft voter rolls across 30 States and Union Territories. The newspaper also reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had formally objected, on record, at least 14 times over a ten-month period to different steps connected with the electoral-roll revision.

West Bengal has become the most contentious example. The Indian Express reported that the ECI had told the Supreme Court that 27.16 lakh voters were deleted during the SIR process, while 38.20 lakh appeals had been filed against deletions and inclusions. As of September 18, only 1.02 lakh of those appeals had been disposed of, leaving more than 37 lakhs pending.

IE also reported that the ECI’s affidavit did not provide a complete break-up of how many appeals had been filed by deleted voters seeking restoration and how many had been filed against voters whose inclusion had been upheld.

The controversy intensified after reports revealed that Election Commissioner Sukhbir Singh Sandhu had questioned who authorised the filing of more than 16 lakh appeals against voters whose inclusion had been upheld by judicial officers. The Indian Express reported that Sandhu had specifically asked who had authorised those appeals and who had filed them on behalf of the Commission. The report said that neither Sandhu, nor Election Commissioner Vivek Joshi, nor the then Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal had been informed about the basis or process of filing the appeals. It is against this backdrop that the demands raised acquire significance.

Articles exposing the non-transparency in functioning of the Election Commission of India (ECI) may be read here, here and here.

Restore the rolls before asking citizens to defend their vote

The first demand raised at the press conference was unequivocal: the ECI should roll back SIR across the country and restore every elector removed from the rolls as they existed before the exercise. The group further demanded that forthcoming elections be conducted on the basis of the pre-SIR rolls, subject to a summary revision where necessary.

This is not simply a dispute over electoral data. A deletion can determine whether a citizen is able to participate in an election at all. The burden of correcting an erroneous deletion can also fall disproportionately on people who have limited access to official portals, documentation or administrative assistance.

The campaigners therefore want the starting presumption restored: existing electors should remain on the rolls unless their removal is established through a transparent and publicly verifiable process.

Put the electoral roll to a public audit

The second demand calls for a public social audit of electoral rolls at the level of the gram sabha, ward sabha or polling booth. The demand draws on procedures contained in the ECI’s own electoral roll framework, but seeks to make public verification meaningful rather than merely procedural. BLOs and EROs should be present, voters should be able to identify wrongful deletions, and corrections should be possible immediately.

The demand is particularly relevant where the affected voter may not know that their name has been removed until they attempt to exercise their franchise.

Instead of making the citizen discover and challenge an invisible administrative decision, the proposed mechanism would bring the verification process into the public domain. The campaigners want this to become a permanent safeguard, not an arrangement limited to the present SIR.

Open the SIR files

A substantial part of the demands concerns information that remains within the ECI’s institutional machinery. The group called for the Commission to publish the complete documentary trail behind SIR, including the files relating to the decision to conduct the exercise in each phase, minutes of Commission meetings, objections by Election Commissioners and Deputy Election Commissioners, criteria used for classifications such as “logical discrepancy” and “VIP”, changes to the BLO application, communications between the ECI, Chief Electoral Officers and Electoral Registration Officers, relevant WhatsApp communications, and the complete log and source code of ECINet.

It also specifically sought disclosure of the decision-making record behind the filing of more than 16 lakh appeals against voters whose inclusion had been upheld in West Bengal. This demand has force in light of the reported internal questions within the Commission over those appeals and over aspects of the technological systems being used for electoral administration.

The issue is therefore not simply whether the ECI has followed a procedure. It is whether the public can inspect the institutional record necessary to understand who decided what, on what material, using which criteria and with what safeguards.

Sibal questions whether the Commission can speak through one voice

Kapil Sibal, speaking on the electoral-roll controversy, questioned decisions that he said appeared to have been taken by the Chief Election Commissioner without the involvement of the full Commission.

“If a decision is taken by a single Chief Election Commissioner, it is certainly not a decision of the Election Commission,” Sibal said.

He called for earlier election-related decisions to be annulled and argued that electoral rolls should be based on the list existing before the June 24 notification. He also questioned the practicality of the door-to-door verification exercise in Delhi.

“Enough is enough,” Sibal said, calling on the youth, the press and citizens to stand together to defend democratic institutions.

VIDEO | Delhi: On the Election Commission’s decisions and electoral roll revision, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal says, “If a decision is taken by a single Chief Election Commissioner, it is certainly not a decision of the Election Commission. The earlier election-related decisions… pic.twitter.com/XiIVbqk24E

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 28, 2026

Resignation, impeachment and a new appointments mechanism

The demands also directly target the institutional architecture of the Election Commission. The group called for CEC Gyanesh Kumar to resign and, failing that, for impeachment proceedings to begin. It also demanded repeal of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, arguing for an appointment’s mechanism free from executive control. Another demand seeks removal of the statutory immunity from civil and criminal proceedings available to serving and former Election Commissioners. These demands shift the debate from the immediate conduct of SIR to the independence and accountability of the institution responsible for conducting elections.

What happens to those excluded from welfare?

Another demand focuses on a consequence that can extend beyond the ballot box. The campaigners called for restoration of welfare benefits to Indians who were allegedly denied such benefits because their names were removed from electoral rolls.

The demand reflects a broader concern about the consequences of treating electoral databases as authoritative markers in other administrative processes. If an erroneous deletion affects access to welfare or other public entitlements, the harm is no longer confined to the loss of an opportunity to vote.

An independent inquiry into SIR

The final demand calls for an independent and credible inquiry into the constitutionality and legality of decisions taken under Gyanesh Kumar and into the design, implementation and consequences of SIR.

The proposed inquiry would examine the conduct of the CEC, other Election Commissioners, officials and third parties, including whether any act or omission resulted in wrongful disenfranchisement or breach of official duty.

This demand is significant because the controversy is no longer confined to whether SIR is legally permissible in principle. The Supreme Court has already upheld the ECI’s power to conduct the Bihar exercise.

The questions now being raised concern how that power is exercised, how voters are protected against wrongful exclusion, how decisions are recorded and whether the institution can be held accountable when its processes are challenged.

The eight demands announced at the Press Club therefore amount to a call for far more than a procedural correction. They seek to place electoral-roll revision under public scrutiny, restore those who may have been wrongfully excluded and force the Election Commission to disclose the administrative and technological machinery through which electoral inclusion and exclusion are being decided. At stake is not merely the accuracy of a database. It is the question of who gets to remain on the electoral roll, who bears the burden when the State gets that decision wrong, and whether the machinery deciding those questions can itself be subjected to meaningful public accountability.

The official press statement may be read here:

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On Saturday night, September 26, IYC president Uday Bhanu Chib led protesters to Kumar’s official residence in New Delhi, demanding his resignation and accountability over the functioning of the Election Commission during the electoral-roll revision exercise. The demonstration came days after the Youth Congress marched towards Jantar Mantar and as protests against the Election Commission were reported across several States.

आओ गद्दार ज्ञानेश तुम्हें ‘हलफनामा’ देते है

गद्दार ज्ञानेश कुमार के घर के बाहर IYC अध्यक्ष @UdayBhanuIYC और युवा कांग्रेस के बब्बर शेर कार्यकर्ता पहुंचे और घर के बाहर WANTED पोस्टर लगाए जा रहे हैं।

राहुल गांधी जी ने चुनावी प्रक्रिया को लेकर देश के सामने गंभीर सवाल रखे हैं,… pic.twitter.com/ocOZ4vWHU0

— Indian Youth Congress (@IYC) September 27, 2026

IYC President @UdayBhanuIYC and the youth congress workers reached Gyanesh Kumar’s residence with one clear message: ‘Gaddar Gyanesh Ko Girftaar Karo’

Gaddar Gyanesh.. You can change your location, but you cannot escape accountability. pic.twitter.com/ss5FPmlJgv

— Indian Youth Congress (@IYC) September 27, 2026

The escalation follows The Indian Express’s September 23 investigation reporting that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had raised objections on at least 14 occasions over a period of 10 months concerning decisions related to electoral-roll revisions and database access. The reported objections included voter additions and deletions, restoration of names, changes to Form 6 and the centralisation of electoral-roll systems.

The disclosures have intensified an already contentious debate over the SIR exercise and the constitutional responsibility of the Election Commission to protect the integrity of the electoral rolls. For the Youth Congress, the issue is no longer simply about an administrative exercise. It has framed the controversy as a question of citizens’ right to participate in elections and of the accountability of the constitutional institution entrusted with conducting them.

Gyanesh Gaddar, there’s no way to escape now..

Youth Congress is on the watch pic.twitter.com/2NPtLCc79g

— Indian Youth Congress (@IYC) September 27, 2026

गद्दार ज्ञानेश तिहाड़ जेल तुम्हारा इंतजार कर रहा है..

लोकतंत्र की हत्या करने वाले और वोट के अधिकार पर हमला करने वाले गद्दार ज्ञानेश कुमार को हम जेल भेजकर रहेंगे..

ECI-BJP-RSS के वोट चोरी के खेल को राहुल गांधी जी ने पूरे देश के सामने Exposed किया और सच आज सबके सामने है।… pic.twitter.com/K8cEkvlt33

— Indian Youth Congress (@IYC) September 27, 2026

ज्ञानेश गद्दार के घर के बाहर पहरा देने पहुँचे Youth Congress के बब्बर शेर, साथ में अध्यक्ष @UdayBhanuIYC जी भी मौजूद।

घर के आसपास WANTED के पोस्टर भी लगाए जा रहे हैं।

जब से ज्ञानेश गद्दार की गर्दन राहुल गांधी के हाथों में आयी है, और देश के सामने पूरा सच आया है, ये देशद्रोही… pic.twitter.com/YHph1Bl3uQ

— Indian Youth Congress (@IYC) September 26, 2026

Youth Congress puts CEC at the centre of its campaign

The IYC has placed Kumar personally at the centre of its mobilisation. At the September 26 demonstration outside his residence, as reported by PTI, Chib said Youth Congress members would maintain a “watch” outside the CEC’s residence and claimed that members would also be present at airports. The protesters demanded Kumar’s resignation and raised slogans over alleged irregularities in the electoral process.

The language used by some Youth Congress leaders has been deliberately confrontational. At an earlier protest, Chib accused Kumar of betraying the country and claimed that he would eventually face imprisonment. But beneath the rhetoric is a more fundamental demand: that the Election Commission account publicly for the decisions taken during the SIR and for the concerns reportedly raised by two of its own members.

The Youth Congress has already taken the campaign beyond Delhi. Protests have been held or announced in several States, including Bihar, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Manipur.

In Delhi, the IYC’s demonstrations have included masks bearing Kumar’s face and protesters displaying their hands in chains. The symbolism is unmistakable: the organisation is seeking to transform what could otherwise remain an institutional dispute into a public accountability campaign.

The strategy also reflects the political importance of young and first-time voters. Student groups have separately raised concerns about changes to Form 6, the application used for inclusion in the electoral roll, arguing that procedural changes could make registration more difficult for young citizens.

A detailed report on the #QuitGyaneshKumar protests may be read here.

Articles exposing the non-transparency in functioning of the Election Commission of India (ECI) may be read here, here and here.

The SIR controversy behind the protests

The immediate trigger for the current mobilisation is the controversy surrounding the SIR and the reported objections within the Election Commission. According to The Indian Express, Sandhu and Joshi raised questions on multiple occasions about decisions relating to voter deletions, additions and restoration, the modification of Form 6 and access to electoral databases. The newspaper reported that some of the objections concerned whether changes were being made without adequate consultation within the Commission.

The Election Commission has disputed the political interpretation of these reports. It has maintained that operational queries, internal observations and administrative suggestions are a normal part of the functioning of a multi-member constitutional body and has asserted that its final decisions on the SIR were unanimous. That response, however, has not ended the controversy. Instead, it has intensified demands for greater transparency about how the Commission arrived at its decisions, what objections were recorded internally and how those objections were resolved.

The question is particularly important because electoral rolls are not merely administrative databases. They determine who can exercise the franchise. Any erroneous deletion can therefore have consequences far beyond paperwork. For citizens whose names disappear from electoral rolls, the burden of establishing eligibility and navigating the restoration process can become a practical barrier to exercising the right to vote. This is why the controversy has increasingly been framed by protesters as one concerning disenfranchisement rather than simply electoral administration.

Questions over deleted voters

Opposition parties and civil society organisations have raised particular concerns about the scale of deletions during the SIR. The Hindu reported that CPI(ML)-Liberation conducted surveys in selected constituencies in Bihar to verify the status of voters whose names had been deleted. In Aigaon, the party said 46 of 204 deleted voters surveyed were still living in their villages. In Ziradei, it said 122 of 665 voters deleted during the SIR were found to be residing in the village.

These figures are based on a party-conducted survey of selected booths and cannot, by themselves, establish the scale of wrongful deletions across Bihar or the country. They have nevertheless been cited by the Left as evidence of why deleted names require systematic verification.

The concern is particularly acute for communities for whom documentary requirements, migration, displacement or unstable residence can already make access to official records difficult. Trade unions have similarly entered the debate. The Centre of Indian Trade Unions has argued that poor and migrant workers could face disproportionate difficulties in restoring their names to electoral rolls if they are deleted during the revision process.

The electoral-roll debate has therefore acquired a wider social dimension: who bears the burden when a name disappears from the voter list, how easily can that person challenge the deletion, and what safeguards exist against wrongful exclusion?

It is completely illegal and unethical. It shows that those at the highest level of our election system and the institutions that conduct elections have party leanings and are actively propagating those parties.

How can they conduct fair elections?

It’s only one in a series of… pic.twitter.com/6vTF4CmzoC

— Congress (@INCIndia) September 27, 2026

From electoral rolls to institutional accountability

The controversy has also raised questions about the internal functioning of the Election Commission. The reported objections of Sandhu and Joshi are significant precisely because they came from within the constitutional body itself. The issue is not that members of a multi-member institution can never disagree. Institutional disagreement is neither unlawful nor unusual. The question is what happens to those disagreements.

An RTI response obtained by activist Anjali Bharadwaj has added another layer to the debate. According to The News Minute, the Election Commission responded to a query concerning the decision to undertake a nationwide SIR by stating that it had not taken any decision to initiate a nationwide SIR in 2025. The RTI application had sought, among other things, the files and decision-making records relating to the exercise. Bharadwaj subsequently questioned how the national rollout had been decided if the requested decision-making records were unavailable. The RTI response raises a legitimate transparency question about the documentary trail behind an exercise affecting electoral rolls on a massive scale.

Police action adds another layer

The protests have also generated concerns about the policing of dissent and the treatment of journalists covering the demonstrations. The Press Club of India condemned the detention of Frontline journalist Vedaant Lakhera and The Wire journalist Mohammad Irfan while they were covering a September 25 protest at Jantar Mantar. According to the PCI, both journalists were wearing press identification. It said Lakhera was taken to Parliament Street police station and told to delete a photograph, while Irfan was detained for several hours. The PCI described the episode as a matter of serious concern for press freedom.

This is significant because scrutiny of an electoral institution depends not only on formal mechanisms of accountability but also on the ability of journalists and citizens to document public protests and report on the conduct of authorities.

At the same time, Delhi Police has said protesters were detained because permissions had not been obtained for demonstrations at certain locations. Reports from other States have also documented the use of water cannons and tear gas during protests. The emerging picture is therefore not simply one of a political confrontation with the Election Commission. It is also becoming a debate over the space available for public dissent and independent reporting during an intensely contested electoral controversy.

Opposition parties prepare for the next phase

The Youth Congress mobilisation is now converging with a broader opposition campaign. The Congress Working Committee is scheduled to meet on September 29 to discuss its strategy on the Election Commission and SIR. Opposition INDIA bloc parties are expected to meet in New Delhi on September 30 to discuss a coordinated response. The proposed meeting follows outreach between parties that have otherwise been political rivals in their respective States.

The CPI(M), CPI and CPI(ML)-Liberation have demanded Kumar’s removal and a halt to the SIR. The Trinamool Congress has also called for coordinated opposition action, while CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby has reached out to opposition leaders seeking wider mobilisation.

Opposition parties are also reportedly preparing another parliamentary notice seeking Kumar’s removal, potentially in both Houses of Parliament. It would be another attempt to initiate the constitutional process concerning the removal of the CEC.

A heavy police contingent and concertina wires were deployed outside the @INCJammuKashmir office in Srinagar by the LG administration to foil a protest against #VoteChori and the weaponisation of the ECI to favour the BJP.

From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, the same demand is… pic.twitter.com/KyuTirLPWT

— Pawan Khera ಪವನ್ ಖೇರಾ (@Pawankhera) September 28, 2026

Mumbai set for another round of protests

The next major flashpoint is likely to be Mumbai. Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) have announced a joint rally for October 4 against the SIR and the functioning of the Election Commission.

MNS and Shiv Sena (UBT) to hold a joint October 4 protest in Mumbai against ECI’s SIR electoral roll revisions.
The Hindu Bureau pic.twitter.com/MmG9txXG3Y

— The Hindu-Mumbai (@THMumbai) September 27, 2026

As reported by Hindustan Times, Raj Thackeray has called for the mobilisation to be treated as a public protest and appealed to political parties to participate. Aaditya Thackeray has also backed a wider mobilisation beginning October 2 if Kumar does not resign.

The Cockroach Janta Party has separately announced a nationwide protest campaign beginning in Mumbai on October 2, with plans to subsequently take the mobilisation to other cities. Even after permission was denied by Mumbai police, the call for the agitation has stayed.

Mumbai Police has also denied permission for our protest on 2nd October.

Such tactics to suppress citizens’ voices are unacceptable. If we are denied the right to protest, CJP will launch a Jail Bharo Andolan in Mumbai on Gandhi Jayanti.#SaveDemocracy

— Abhijeet Dipke (@abhijeet_dipke) September 27, 2026

Gyanu Must Go! pic.twitter.com/pZc7CCjd9P

— Abhijeet Dipke (@abhijeet_dipke) September 28, 2026

Jail Bharo Andolan in Mumbai.

October 2, Shivaji Park. #SaveDemocracy

— Abhijeet Dipke (@abhijeet_dipke) September 28, 2026

#Watch | CJP co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka reached out for support ahead of the nationwide protest set to begin in Mumbai on October 2. The protest demands the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the ongoing Election Commission controversy.

Video: PTI pic.twitter.com/bukOJv9phi

— The Hindu (@the_hindu) September 27, 2026

VIDEO | Guwahati, Assam: CJP leader Ashutosh Ranka says, “…Apart from the Election Commission, all BJP leaders are protesting, campaigning and holding press conferences over ‘vote theft’. I would also say, call Gyanesh Kumar and ask him to hold a press conference and clarify.”… pic.twitter.com/IyTk5ZGxEA

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 28, 2026

For the protestors, the strategy is clear: keep the controversy visible, take it to young voters and expand it from Delhi into a national campaign. The organisation’s protests have moved from marches to demonstrations outside the CEC’s residence. Its leaders have announced continued mobilisation, while Congress workers have taken the issue to State capitals and district-level centres. The immediate demand remains Kumar’s resignation.

But the larger issue being placed before the public is whether an electoral-roll revision affecting millions of citizens can be conducted with sufficient transparency, procedural safeguards and accountability. The protesters are demanding evidence of that institutional accountability.

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Articles exposing the non-transparency in functioning of the Election Commission of India (ECI) may be read here, here and here.

Today, two days after the expose by The Indian Express that exposed serious fissures within the Election Commission, with two Commissioners disagreeing or dissenting with CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s decision 14 times in ten months since October 2025.

Protests were seen in Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh and Manipur, among other states, with party workers marching towards Election Commission offices and raising slogans against the CEC.In Dehradun, Uttarakhand Congress leaders and workers, led by state in-charge Kumari Selja and Pradesh Congress Committee president Ganesh Godiyal, marched from the PCC headquarters towards the Election Office at the state Secretariat to gherao the office (as reported by ANI)

The Indian Youth Congress also held a protest march on Friday from 5, Raisina Road, to Jantar Mantar, with Kumar’s removal among its key demands. The demonstrations come as political parties intensify their criticism of the Election Commission’s functioning and the SIR exercise.

The protests have also spread to several other states. The Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress held a protest outside the office of the state Chief Electoral Officer in Bhopal on Thursday, raising slogans against the CEC and demanding his resignation over alleged irregularities in the poll panel’s functioning and the revision process.

Protesters carried posters bearing messages such as “arrest Gyanesh Kumar for treason” and “Vote-Chori magic trick exposed”. Bhopal district Youth Congress president Ankit Dubey alleged that no proper inquiry had been conducted despite objections by two Election Commissioners over the deletion of voters’ names and access to the voter database.

The Indian Youth Congress also launched a nationwide online citizens’ petition titled “Gyanesh, It’s Done Bro”. Through the campaign, it sought action against Kumar and urged citizens, especially young people, to support electoral transparency and accountability.

In Punjab, too the Congress protested.

Massive protest erupt across various cities against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, with Congress workers demanding his resignation.

Chandigarh : Police use water cannons on Congress workers.

Gyanesh Kumar Gupta’s “Gupt Yojana” exposed. pic.twitter.com/aAjipYReAS

— Priya Purohit (@Priyaa_Purohit) September 25, 2026

Uttarakhand PCC president Ganesh Godiyal told ANI, “Rahul Gandhi has been saying this for the past three years that under vote theft, the Election Commission is getting BJP governments installed, and this fact has been proven true today. I salute Rahul Gandhi for his steadfastness… Certainly, this will benefit the nation. We want neutral and clean elections. If clean and neutral elections are held, it will have its own impact.

“Leader of Opposition in the Uttarakhand Assembly, Yashpal Arya said, “For three years, Rahul Gandhi has been highlighting the conduct of the Chief Election Commissioner, specifically how rules regarding ‘Form 6’ were disregarded and how votes were deleted or added via the SIR process. Although the other two Election Commissioners raised objections 14 times over a ten-month period, the Chief Election Commissioner ignored them. It has now come to light that 13 crore votes were deleted over the past few years, and the BJP central government manipulated the electoral process… a criminal case for sedition should be registered against him, and he ought to be dismissed immediately.”

In Lucknow, Congress workers gathered at the party’s state office and staged a demonstration over the SIR exercise, with plans also reported to lay siege to the State Election Commission office in Hazratganj.In Manipur, Congress workers led by Pradesh Congress Committee president Okram Ibobi Singh and Congress Legislature Party leader Keisham Meghachandra Singh marched towards the Chief Electoral Office at Lamphelpat, demanding the arrest and prosecution of Kumar.The protest came with a rally carrying slogans of immediate arrest of Gyanesh Kumar and also burnt the effigy of Gyanesh Kumar. The protest became violent, and the protesters scuffled with police; later, the police personnel resorted to firing tear gas shells.Furthermore, in Jammu, heavy police deployment was made outside the Election Commission office during a Congress protest. Congress leader Chaudhary Lal Singh said demonstrations were being held across the country wherever Election Commission offices were located.”Demonstrations are taking place everywhere, statewide and nationwide, wherever there is an Election Commission office. The reason for these protests is the rigging orchestrated by the Election Commission in collusion with the government; they have misused the people’s right to vote. The manner in which the government was formed is utterly absurd; a losing government was declared the winner, while the actual winners lost. This gross injustice has now been proven,” he told ANI.

In Srinagar, Congress MLAs staged a protest inside the Legislative Assembly and raised banners demanding the immediate resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar. Congress leaders and workers also staged protests in Guwahati, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Lucknow and Kolkata, demanding the resignation of Kumar.

The protest was organised as part of the nationwide programme directed by the All India Congress Committee (AICC), which asked state units to hold marches to their respective Election Commission offices.The protests come amid reports that The Indian Express on Thursday said that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had objected at least 14 times over 10 months to decisions and orders related to the SIR process.

In its defence, the Election Commission, however, has rejected the characterisation of these objections as evidence of institutional dissent, saying operational queries, internal feedback and administrative suggestions during the drafting process are part of the normal functioning of a multi-member constitutional body. The ECI has maintained that all final decisions, including those concerning SIR, were unanimous.The Congress has also indicated that opposition parties may move an impeachment motion against Kumar in both Houses of Parliament, as per sources.The controversy over SIR and the Election Commission’s internal functioning is expected to be taken up at the Congress Working Committee meeting scheduled for September 29 in New Delhi. (ANI)

Meanwhile, the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president B. Mahesh Kumar Goud said the Congress would organise protests at all district headquarters across the State on Monday (September 28, 2026) against what he described as the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) mishandling of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

Left parties demand CEC’s removal, announce week-long protest against SIR

The CPI, CPI (M), CPI (ML)L, RSP, and All India Forward Bloc seek Gyanesh Kumar’s ouster, suspension of the SIR, and restoration of voting rights to those wrongfully excluded from electoral rolls. Left parties issued a joint statement demanding the ouster of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and a halt to the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The parties also announced a week-long protest to be held across the country from September 26 to October 2 on the issue.

The parties have demanded not only that the CEC be removed from office, but also that the SIR be halted and that voting rights be restored to all those who have been wrongfully excluded from the electoral rolls. The parties also demanded that the Election Commission’s “independent and democratic functioning” be reinstated and that the present system of appointment of Election Commissioners be replaced with a mechanism based on the Supreme Court’s proposed selection committee comprising the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, and the Chief Justice of India.

The statement said the latest expose confirms concerns repeatedly raised by Opposition parties and civil society organisations and expose the hollowness of claims that the SIR and electoral roll management process are transparent and decentralised.

The issue, the Left parties said, goes far beyond the SIR. “It concerns the transparency and democratic functioning of the ECI and the protection of the fundamental democratic principle of universal adult franchise. Any system that makes the right to vote dependent on opaque, centrally controlled processes undermines public confidence in the electoral system,” the statement said.

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Her remarks were a response to the The Indian Express report that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had red-flagged multiple issues, including deletion of names, in various states during the pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters’ list, triggering a massive political storm.

“It has now been proven that the BJP and the EC looted the West Bengal assembly polls,” Banerjee said in a Facebook live, thereafter reported by PTI and New Indian Express.

“There will be pan-India protests till Gyanesh Kumar remains CEC. He must be immediately arrested and put behind bars. The chair of the CEC is not for a person like him. It’s another fight for freedom, this time from the compromised CEC, and the BJP that has destroyed India,” she added.

The IE report claimed that Sandhu and Joshi had formally objected at least 14 times over the last 10 months to decisions and orders concerning SIR, including some allegedly taken without their knowledge. The Election Commission has, however, said that decisions relating to SIR were taken unanimously with the approval of all three commissioners.

“Re-election must be held in West Bengal with the old voter list,” she said, adding that INDIA bloc partners have spoken about the matter and will meet soon.

The remarks come days after the Election Commission froze the use of the ‘All India Trinamool Congress’ name and its reserved ‘twin flowers-and-grass’ symbol amid an escalating factional feud over control of the party.

The poll panel subsequently allotted separate interim identities to the two groups for the October 6 bypolls, with the Mamata faction getting ‘Mamata All India Trinamool Congress’ and the ‘football player’ symbol, while the rival faction led by Arup Roy was allotted ‘Democratic Trinamool Congress’ and the ‘envelope’ symbol.

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The IE investigation, on the front pages of all editions of the paper stated that two Commissioners, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had objected formally at least 14 times on various decisions taken and orders issued without their knowledge in the last 10 months. On the face of it, the Election Commission appears to have evaded the most important concerns – not least of which is what happens to the 13 crore names deleted as part of the ECI’s special intensive revision of voter rolls.

As the Indian Express report notes, the controversial national rollout of the SIR has been under the supervision of all three Commissioners. Now, with the reported disagreement of Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi to some of the decisions made in the course of the SIR, there are renewed and serious concerns over the legitimacy of an extremely contested and controversial exercise.

In its press note, the ECI has repeated that it a constitutional body that functions under the strict mandate of Article 324 of the Constitution, statutory rules and established institutional conventions. Noting that the Commission operates as a “multi-member constitutional body,” the ECI states that “written notes, observations, technical suggestions and internal checks-and-balances are standard, ongoing practices designed to ensure complete transparency, legal compliance and operational rigour.”

Avoiding any response into the particulars of the formal objections reported by the newspaper, the ECI claims then, “All actions of ECI have been in accordance of laws and instructions of the Commission.”

The press note may be viewed here:

Official Press Note pic.twitter.com/xIQvXHqMSt

— Election Commission of India (@ECISVEEP) September 23, 2026

The ECI also announced:

“All official orders, decisions and administrative directions issued by the Commission carry full legal sanctions and follow established statutory procedures under The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023.”

However, this stand of the ECI that its actions were legally sanctioned evades the seriousness in the report– that two out of three Election Commissioners in a three-member body complained about being kept in the dark when it came to the adding new voters and the deleting of names.

The two have also expressed formal concerns over integrity of voter software and raised the issue of a centralised voter database that bypasses state officials.

The ECI’s response makes light of this concern and puts them under the umbrella of ‘operational queries or inputs,’ saying:

“Any operational queries or inputs raised by Commission members during draft stages are part of standard administrative practice aimed at safeguarding voter rights. The suggestions given by the Commissioners were for further improving the electoral processes.”

The ECI also adds:

“Differing views and observations are a normal part of deliberation in any institution. They are a part of the decision-making process before a final decision is taken. Not only the three Commissioners, but every officer of the Commission is fully authorized to give his suggestions to the Commission for improving the electoral system.”

Contradicting this, the IE reports make it amply clear that the Election Commissioners’ objections were not “suggestions,” but full-fledged formal complaints. In one, Sandhu notes that the EC acted against the written advice of two commissioners and claim its action was “unauthorised and illegal.” Sandhu and Joshi also, the report says, wrote separately to the Cabinet Secretary complaining about changes in work allocation that did away with crucial oversight despite their advice against it.

In what appears as a weak defense, ECI further claimed

“Highlighting certain specific internal notes/observations spread over the period of 10 months while overlooking the much larger body of approvals, decisions, instructions and initiatives give only one part of the picture. In recent months, the Commission has taken numerous decisions, issued instructions, introduced around 40 new initiatives and undertaken many electoral reforms including the conduct of Electoral roll revision (including SIR) across the country. All these decisions are an outcome of the unanimous decisions of the full Commission in the past one year.”

Notwithstanding the fact that some communication transcended the meaning of “internal” – like the complaint to the Cabinet Secretary as illustrated above – it is unclear why the gravity of 14 objections in 10 months should reduce under the weight of the allegedly much larger body of approvals.

“The Commission has recently successfully conducted major elections of Bihar, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Assam and West Bengal and election-related exercises during this period. This work involved wide-ranging administrative and operational machinery and many Commission approvals and instructions.”

Even today, the contentious deletions in some of these states, especially West Bengal, is being heard by the courts and the impact they have had on people’s ability to access public welfare is well reported. The Election Commission’s description of these SIRs as “successful” raises questions on its awareness of the issues and lives at stake.

In what reads as a response to the report that notes the Election Commissioners’ reservations against a central database, the ECI says:

The Commission’s digital platforms, such as ECINet, operate under strict data security protocols to prevent unauthorized tampering, manipulation, etc. IT security checks and audit controls are standard cybersecurity measures implemented across national databases. Statutory authorities, including Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and District Election Officers (DEOs), function as per statutory powers for registration and deletion under law.

The press note, signed by P. Pawan, a deputy director in the Media Division of the ECI, finishes with the line:

“Election Commission of India remains fully committed to executing its constitutional duties with complete integrity, recognizing its vital role in advancing our democracy.”

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The disclosures in The Indian Express, September 23 have only strengthened suspicions and concerns that the CPI (M), other opposition parties and civil society organisations have all along raised since the SIR process was initiated. 

Reports indicate that two out of the three Election Commissioners have recorded objections to several decisions relating to electoral-roll revision and the SIR process. According to the law all the three election commissioners are equal and any difference should be settled by a majority or unanimity. The CEC didn’t follow this rule, but went on imposing his views without caring for the objections raised his other EC colleagues. Significantly, these differences concern fundamental questions about how voters are being added or removed from the electoral rolls and how the SIR is being implemented. 

“What is being revealed now is that the CEC has all along falsely claimed that the entire process is transparent and decentralised. It is now clear that over the past few months the entire system has been centralised to the extent that it obscures who is actually taking decisions. The Supreme Court has also flagged the over reliance on technology and the “mechanical” issuance of notices.

“The issues raised by the two Election Commissioners go beyond the SIR process. It concerns the institutional integrity and democratic functioning of the Election Commission, transparency in the electoral process, over centralisation and the protection of the right to universal adult franchise. The credibility of the Election Commission as an unbiased institution is at stake. People have lost confidence in a compromised Election Commission, for which CEC Gyanesh Kumar should be held accountable. He cannot continue in office any longer.

Hence, the Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) also demands an immediate halt to the SIR process. The integrity and democratic functioning of the ECI must be restored. Transparency in the appointment of the Election Commissioner’s has to be ensured by scrapping the concerned legislation and enacting a new one by accepting the Supreme Court guidelines for a selection committee comprising of the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition and Chief Justice of India.

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In a series of posts on social media platform ‘X’, both the party handle and Leader of the Opposition (LOP) Rahul Gandhi’s handle both highlighted the investigation and also credited Gandhi for his campaign on #VoteChori (Vote Theft). Gandhi had also called these shenanigans by the ruling party and ECI as treason.

BIG BREAKING : PANIC in BJP camp

Congress has launched a protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar .

Wait for when Rahul Gandhi arrives.

Gyanesh Kumar Bad Day Began pic.twitter.com/2bYJ1NTJFB

— The Rebel (@TheRebel_IN) September 23, 2026

Vote chori is a crime against the Indian people and a direct attack on our constitution.

The BJP, RSS and EC who organised it have committed an act of treason.

Justice will be served. pic.twitter.com/30kX06CBiH

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 23, 2026

‘वोट चोरी’ देशद्रोह है pic.twitter.com/05VvkkwBzb

— Congress (@INCIndia) September 23, 2026

ECI had conducted free & fair elections: LoP Rahul Gandhi ji would be India’s PM today. Congress would have formed govt in Haryana. Congress would have formed govt in MP. MVA would have formed govt in Maharashtra. Modi would have lost his own seat. ECI robbed the people’s mandate to please their masters.

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“The explosive findings published by The Indian Express today, backed by evidence, have now cast serious doubts over the results of every Assembly election held after the SIR exercise. The investigation reveals that Chief Election Commissioner #GyaneshKumar had been acting unilaterally and in secrecy, without the concurrence of the other two Election Commissioners. Even more alarming is the revelation that Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi were kept in the dark about crucial decisions being taken within the very institution they jointly oversee. Their objections to decisions being taken without their knowledge were brushed aside on as many as 14 occasions in just ten months. These revelations have severely eroded the credibility of the Election Commission.”

He elaborated further, “The Election Commission is a three-member body whose business must, as far as possible, be transacted unanimously. Where the Commissioners differ in opinion on any matter, the decision must be based on the majority view. If two of its three members were themselves kept unaware of what was being done in the Commission’s name, this cannot be dismissed as a mere internal or procedural matter. It constitutes a grave assault on Indian democracy. The credibility of an apex institution that is expected to function independently, transparently and without political interference has been seriously compromised.”

“The revelations concerning the electoral rolls are equally disturbing. Appeals were filed against the inclusion of voters even after courts had ordered that their names be added to the electoral rolls. Who authorised these appeals? Who filed them? The two Election Commissioners themselves say they were kept in the dark.

“The law empowers Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to scrutinise and revise electoral rolls. Yet, they were unable to add even those who had been duly found eligible to vote. ERONet, the digital platform through which these changes had to be made, was entirely under the control of one person. When such concerns are being raised by two serving Election Commissioners, the extent of political interference that may have taken place within the Election Commission is plain to see.

“As early as March this year, the DMK, along with other Opposition parties, moved an impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. He has no right to continue in office any longer. #GyaneshKumarMustGo immediately. The SIR exercise must be halted. The DMK demands a fair and thorough investigation into everything that has transpired within the Election Commission and that those responsible be held accountable.”

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